Debra L. Martin's Blog, page 355

Today's Sponsor: INCREDIBLE DREAMS by Sandra Edwards

PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Book Blurb:Incredible Dreams is the story of a modern-day ghost whisperer who travels through time to save the life of a WWII fighter pilot and ends up jeopardizing her own existence.
Izzy Miller prefers to call herself a spiritual therapist because she thinks it makes her sound more professional than plain old ghost-whisperer. She expects her latest project to be quick and

And the winner is...

Of the digital copy of NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS by Victorine Lieske is:

Taffy!

Congratulations Taffy.  You'll be hearing directly from Victorine about claiming your prize.

Thanks to everyone who entered.


The winner was randomly selected by Random.org.

Today's Sponsor: Space Junque by L.K. Rigel

PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Space Junque is a novella, a paranormal romance, edited by USA Today bestselling author Anne Frasier/Theresa Weir.
Book Blurb:The DOGs want to destroy the world. The gods want to make a new one. The trick is to survive both.
The world is on the brink of ecological cataclysm set off by the Oil Spill of 2010 and the Great Sea Level Rise of 2070. When the Defenders of Gaia set off

New Release: CRIMSON EYED DRAGON by D.M. Trink

Available at Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/The-Crimson-Eye...
School is over for the summer! All Jared wants to do is sleep, swim, and delve into as many computer and video games as possible.  Life has other plans for him, however, and everything transforms one fateful afternoon when Jared accompanies his mom to an antique shop.He is inexplicably attracted to a magnificent

Reversion of Rights

Agent Rachel Gardner of WordServe Literary Group has an excellent blog post of getting the rights back from publishers for the books that are no longer available.  You can read the full post here, but here is an excerpt:

"Reversion of rights" simply refers to the point in time at which the publisher no longer owns the rights to your book. When the rights revert to you, the author, you're free to

Book Giveaway - NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS by Victorine Lieske

Many thanks to Vicki for agreeing to have a book contest on my blog.  She is giving away a digital copy of her best-selling book, "Not What She Seems."


To enter the contest for a chance to win a paperback copy of the book, just click "follow" this blog [after the panel discussions section in the side bar] and then leave your email address in the comments section by Friday, December 10 at

Review of Good Morning, Darkness by Ruth Francisco

 4 of 5 starsAvailable at Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/Good-Morning-Da...
 I received a review copy of this book from the author.
Laura Finnegan is the type of woman that men are drawn to.  She is almost too perfect in her beauty, but Laura is much more than meets the eye.  The author gives us a few clues to her past – a dancer who can't dance anymore – although most of the

Genre Sales

Eric Blank over at Pimp My Novel blog is doing another 8-part series again this year on genre sales.

So far he has covered:

Fantasy http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2010/...

Childrens/YA http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2010/...

Mash-up http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2010/...

Here's the

Added Bonus with Sponsorships

So I wanted to have something a bit different for sponsors and I also like to pay it forward and give back to my fellow authors.  In addition to the spotlight page included with a sponsorship, each author/sponsor for the month will be highlighted once again on a RECAP page on the last day of the month.  So your sponsorship includes a full day post solely for your book AND then you'll also share

New Release: QUANTUM by Imogen Rose

Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble:http://www.amazon.com/QUANTUM-Portal-...

A note from Arizona Darley
Once upon a time–well, a year ago now!–I suddenly woke up as Arizona Darley, a blonde California cheerleader, which, of course, I'm not. I am actually Arizona